[260] i.e. the theme proposed by her.
[261] i.e. on my heart.
[262] i.e. death.
[263] Or farm (villa).
[264] i.e. of music, vocal and instrumental.
[265] Per fortuna. This may also be rendered "by tempest," fortuna being a name for a squall or hurricane, which Boccaccio uses elsewhere in the same sense.
[266] i.e. thy spirit.
[267] Syn. inclinations (affezioni). This is a somewhat obscure passage, owing to the vagueness of the word affezioni (syn. affetti) in this position, and may be rendered, with about equal probability, in more than one way.
[268] Or "eminent" (valoroso), i.e. in modern parlance, "a man of merit and talent."
[269] Valoroso nel suo mestiere. It does not appear that Martuccio was a craftsman and it is possible, therefore, that Boccaccio intended the word mestiere to be taken in the sense (to me unknown) of "condition" or "estate," in which case the passage would read, "a man of worth for (i.e. as far as comported with) his [mean] estate"; and this seems a probable reading.